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The Owen Building, completed in 1949, is eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places at the local level of significance under Critierion C for Architecture as an increasingly rare example of mid-century modern architecture in downtown Columbia, South Carolina. Designed by the prominent South Carolina architectural firm Lafaye, Lafaye, and Fair, the building's sleek, repetitive fayade emphasizes its materials: concrete, glass, and steel. Technologically modern, the office building is believed to have been the largest building in Columbia to be built using the innovative time and cost saving tilt-up construction method. Listed in the National Register of Historic Places on June 14, 2013. - National Register Database